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erikajay's review against another edition
2.0
I was so excited for this book, but ended up disappointed. I think the book was poorly written and the author was quite biased in her writing, which is something a historian should strive to avoid. One thing that really bothered me was the comparisons/references to modern day. Basically the entire introduction was about Hillary Clinton and Trump. Then we get several references to Clinton in the book, a comparison to Sting, and several mentions of Harvey Weinstein. None of those people should be mentioned at all in a book about Egyptian rulers. It really took away from the narrative and the comparisons were just so awkward and unnecessary that I couldn’t take a lot of this book seriously.
longaneyes_'s review against another edition
Yeah okay I had to stop after that comment: "Women in power are seen so seldom in religion. A female pope? Unthinkable." GOSH these people don't know anything about Catholicism but just think "No woman pope? Catholic bad." 🤡🤡🤡
erinbritt's review against another edition
3.0
While I preferred Kooney’s other book The Woman Who Would Be King I found this one really interesting and informative. It was really interesting and gave good information about both Egypt’s more famous queens/female kings, Cleopatra and Nefertiti, as well as some less famous ones like Tausret. I thought she had too many modern connections throughout the book, they were okay in the introduction but I found them disruptive and annoying in the rest of the text. I didn’t really care for the epilogue either but I would recommend reading it if you want to learn about female Egyptian kings.
holly0213's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
lazy_raven's review against another edition
4.0
She is King. Very informative, though and bit political at the very beginning and end.